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This web site is for students and teachers of the practical subjects. Our aim is to have a 'one stop shop' for both the teachers and students of practical subjects to be used for resources and as a study aid.

If you would like to see something specific added to the site or you feel you could contribute in some way then give us a shout at any time : editor@practicalstudent.com. We would appreciate the help.

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The Leaving Certificate Engineering Projects are out today. Goto Engineering Projects to download the PDFs from the examinations.ie website. We are currently working on producing the pages for this site and they will be up within the hour.

09/08/12 - Added Leaving Cert. Technical Drawing Ordinary Level solutions to all Building Application questions for 2000 to 2008.
Also added Solidworks models for Building Applications Question 7 for 1992 to 2008. All models for all questions from 1991 to 2008 also updated and improved.

Experimenting with Flash movies of how to make projects. Currently I have the Pac-Man, and most of the 2002 JC Ordinary Project done. The links are at the bottom of the pages for the project.
These movies take quite a bit of time to make so don't be expecting them to be flying up. I hope to get most of the 1st Year projects and certain JC Ordinary projects that I do in class done over the summer.
I don't currently intend to be making movies for higher level projects as I expect students doing these projects don't have much trouble figuring out how to mark pieces.
I'd love feedback on whether they work in the real world and if there are any improvement suggestions.

It has been discovered that the Technical Graphics game only works in certain browsers, (latest versions of Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Opera have been tested sucessfully). It does not work in Internet Explorer 8. This appears to be due to Microsoft's inability to conform to standards with their browsers.

All Solidworks drawings and associated PDFs have been modified so that part lines are now thicker than dimension lines etc. This should facilitate easier reading of drawings by students.

There has been an update to the Numbered Metalwork projects, 1, 2 and 3 ..... these projects were a little too small and fiddly for Junior Cycle students so they have been doubled in size. You may wish to re-download these files.

Added a fourth category to the Solidworks section, Very Difficult. These will be challenging for good students.

A third level, (final one for now), has been added to the Technical Graphics game, available here. Feedback or ideas would be appreciated . Bookmark Level 2 or 3 if you wish to save yourself having to go through preceeding levels again.

Added a second level to the game in the TG section mentioned 2 points below. Level 1 available here. You have to complete Level 1 to get to Level 2 :)

Added a simple game to the Technical Graphics section available here. At the moment it is in the early testing stages. The idea is to test / improve visualisation skills. Currently Level 1 works fine and when all problems are completed it will allow you to move to the Level 2 page, however this page will not work yet, as that's as far as I've got :) I'd be very interested in any feedback you can give me in order to improve game play or if you notice any problems. Please e-mail me at editor@practicalstudent.com with any comments or suggestions.